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Friday, June 13, 2014

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

The
decision of the Modi Government to go ahead with raising the height of
the Narmada dam to 38.5 metres goes against the spirit of the Supreme
Court judgment of 2000 which had made any such step conditional on
putting into place relief and rehabilitation measures for those who will
be affected.

Without giving a hearing to the estimated
2.5 lakh people including substantial numbers of tribals in Madhya
Pradesh and Maharashtra who will be affected, the Modi Government has
gone ahead with giving permission. This is both illegal and unethical.

The
Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati has claimed that all the reports
of the Social Justice Ministry and other related groups have shown that
the rehabilitation has been completed. This is far from the ground
reality. Let these reports be made public and affected people be given a
chance to be heard on the reports.

On the one hand the
Prime Minister declares that his Government will work for the poor and
on the other he takes steps which will devastate the lives of thousands
of poor families.

The CPI(M) opposes the decision. It will
be part of the struggle to force the Government to reverse this
decision and ensure that proper relief and rehabilitation is ensured for
all affected families.